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Steven Furtick - What It Means Is Up To Me (Part 1)

April 28, 2025 | 27:29

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - What It Means Is Up To Me (Part 1) | April 28, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> we're really looking at three
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>> we're really looking at three questions from philippians 1
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Questions from philippians 1 that are so powerful that
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That are so powerful that they are pretty much running
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They are pretty much running your emotions whether you
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Your emotions whether you know it or not.
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Know it or not. like how software runs
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Like how software runs your phone or whatever.
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Your phone or whatever. i don't know how it works,
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I don't know how it works, but i do know this.
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But i do know this. these three questions;
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These three questions; and i'll give 'em to you again.
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And i'll give 'em to you again. what does it matter?
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What does it matter? what shall i choose?
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What shall i choose? and what does it mean?
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And what does it mean? those are questions that
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Those are questions that your mind is always answering.
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Your mind is always answering. how you answer those determines
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How you answer those determines whether or not you live
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Whether or not you live in a state of defeat or freedom.
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In a state of defeat or freedom. and that's not my opinion.
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And that's not my opinion. that's the teaching that
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That's the teaching that paul gives us in philippians.
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Paul gives us in philippians. i should warn you up front,
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I should warn you up front, i had to bring two bibles
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I had to bring two bibles to preach this sermon today.
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To preach this sermon today. do not be afraid,
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Do not be afraid, but i got something to say.
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But i got something to say. and god gave it to me,
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And god gave it to me, so i'm confident about it.
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So i'm confident about it. one is in the new testament
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One is in the new testament from philippians 1
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From philippians 1 where we were last week.
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Where we were last week. and then i also wanna show you
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And then i also wanna show you something in genesis 50.
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Something in genesis 50. in philippians 1 --
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In philippians 1 -- and we'll just pick up right
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And we'll just pick up right where we left off last week,
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Where we left off last week, where he says
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Where he says "but what does it matter?"
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"but what does it matter?" remember that?
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Remember that? how that question can eliminate
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How that question can eliminate a lot of the things that
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A lot of the things that we pray about if we get
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We pray about if we get the right priorities.
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The right priorities. and how it also can keep
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And how it also can keep us from, you know,
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Us from, you know, giving our resources to things
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Giving our resources to things that we'll regret later.
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That we'll regret later. one of the things god has
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One of the things god has been doing in this season,
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Been doing in this season, whether you realize it or not,
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Whether you realize it or not, is helping you redirect
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Is helping you redirect your resources.
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Your resources. because when he eliminates
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Because when he eliminates things from your life,
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Things from your life, in a way that is a gift.
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In a way that is a gift. the gift of elimination.
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The gift of elimination. and one author said that trials
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And one author said that trials tightly focus your life.
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Tightly focus your life. and so that's been happening,
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And so that's been happening, and it was happening for paul.
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And it was happening for paul. 'cause he's like well,
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'cause he's like well, if i focus on the things
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If i focus on the things i'm uncertain about,
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I'm uncertain about, i'm probably going to get --
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I'm probably going to get -- i'm gonna get in so much
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I'm gonna get in so much confusion that i will start
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Confusion that i will start to doubt what god
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To doubt what god is doing through me.
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Is doing through me. but i'm gonna choose to write
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But i'm gonna choose to write off the things i can't control.
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Off the things i can't control. and remember, when he said
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And remember, when he said what does it matter,
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What does it matter, he was talking about
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He was talking about the motives of people who were
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The motives of people who were preaching about jesus
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Preaching about jesus for the wrong reasons.
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For the wrong reasons. and that perplexed me
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And that perplexed me because i thought well,
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Because i thought well, it does matter what
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It does matter what people's motives are
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People's motives are when they're preaching.
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When they're preaching. and paul said, "well,
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And paul said, "well, it doesn't matter as much."
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It doesn't matter as much." somebody say that in the chat,
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Somebody say that in the chat, "as much."
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"as much." their motive doesn't matter
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Their motive doesn't matter as much as god's mission.
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As much as god's mission. so while my mind is constantly
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So while my mind is constantly fighting the battle
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Fighting the battle of what matters -
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Of what matters - this matters, and that matters -
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This matters, and that matters - it brings me back
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It brings me back to the realization that some
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To the realization that some things matter more.
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Things matter more. he's saying "what matters
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He's saying "what matters more is that in every way,
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More is that in every way, whether from false
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Whether from false motives or true," okay --
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Motives or true," okay -- and this is gonna be really
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And this is gonna be really parallel with the genesis 50
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Parallel with the genesis 50 passage, so underline that,
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Passage, so underline that, l.b., so you can rip
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L.b., so you can rip it off in three months.
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It off in three months. "whether from false
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"whether from false motives or true" --
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Motives or true" -- with my full permission,
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With my full permission, and he'll make it better too --
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And he'll make it better too -- "christ is preached.
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"christ is preached. the important thing is,
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The important thing is, what matters more" --
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What matters more" -- what matters most to paul,
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What matters most to paul, not to us.
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Not to us. other stuff matters more to us
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Other stuff matters more to us no mater what we say.
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No mater what we say. with our lives sometimes,
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With our lives sometimes, we demonstrate that other
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We demonstrate that other stuff matters more, but to paul,
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Stuff matters more, but to paul, it was like the gospel,
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It was like the gospel, the good news about jesus,
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The good news about jesus, what he's doing, his kingdom.
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What he's doing, his kingdom. you know, all these things
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You know, all these things that we can say.
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That we can say. but the substance of paul's
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But the substance of paul's faith was that the mission,
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Faith was that the mission, the purpose of god,
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The purpose of god, mattered more for him
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Mattered more for him than his preference or either
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Than his preference or either other people's motives
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Other people's motives which he could not control.
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Which he could not control. so he said,
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So he said, "i've chosen to focus.
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"i've chosen to focus. i have chosen," watch this,
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I have chosen," watch this, "to rejoice."
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"to rejoice." make the choice to rejoice.
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Make the choice to rejoice. alright.
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Alright. it rhymes.
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It rhymes. it must be true.
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It must be true. "yes, and i will
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"yes, and i will continue to rejoice."
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Continue to rejoice." i'm gonna keep doing it.
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I'm gonna keep doing it. i did it, i am doing it,
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I did it, i am doing it, and i will continue to do it.
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And i will continue to do it. somebody say it.
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Somebody say it. i did it.
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I did it. i am doing it.
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I am doing it. and i will continue to do it.
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And i will continue to do it. tell the devil, "i did it,
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Tell the devil, "i did it, i am doing it,
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I am doing it, and i will continue to do it."
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And i will continue to do it." "i will continue to rejoice,
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"i will continue to rejoice, for i know that through your
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For i know that through your prayers and god's provision,"
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Prayers and god's provision," resource, "of the spirit
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Resource, "of the spirit of jesus christ
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Of jesus christ what has happened to me,"
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What has happened to me," resistance.
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Resistance. "the spirit of jesus christ,"
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"the spirit of jesus christ," resource provision.
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Resource provision. you see it?
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You see it? "the provision of the spirit
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"the provision of the spirit of jesus christ," resource.
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Of jesus christ," resource. "what has happened to me,"
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"what has happened to me," prison sentence, resistance.
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Prison sentence, resistance. write it down.
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Write it down. the resource is greater
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The resource is greater than the resistance.
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Than the resistance. and i need you to know that,
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And i need you to know that, child of god.
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Child of god. i need you to know that.
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I need you to know that. he said i know this.
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He said i know this. i don't know what they're
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I don't know what they're gonna do with me.
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Gonna do with me. i'm still waiting to find out.
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I'm still waiting to find out. i don't know --
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I don't know -- in fact, it was so bad for paul,
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In fact, it was so bad for paul, he wasn't like,
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He wasn't like, "i don't know if they're
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"i don't know if they're gonna keep me on furlough."
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Gonna keep me on furlough." he's like, "i don't know
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He's like, "i don't know if they're gonna
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If they're gonna keep me on earth.
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Keep me on earth. festus handed me over to caesar,
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Festus handed me over to caesar, so i'm not even
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So i'm not even control of this."
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Control of this." but he sounds remarkably
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But he sounds remarkably in command of the condition
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In command of the condition of his soul, and i wanna
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Of his soul, and i wanna learn how to do that.
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Learn how to do that. he said, verse 20 --
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He said, verse 20 -- i can't leave this behind.
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I can't leave this behind. "will turn out
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"will turn out for my deliverance."
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For my deliverance." i didn't wanna leave that out.
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I didn't wanna leave that out. deliverance is a major
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Deliverance is a major theme in the scripture,
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Theme in the scripture, all the way from moses
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All the way from moses and the exodus,
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And the exodus, to jesus on the cross,
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To jesus on the cross, to paul in this prison.
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To paul in this prison. and yet it's not so much
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And yet it's not so much for paul about god
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For paul about god bringing him out.
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Bringing him out. it's about god's
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It's about god's spirit getting in.
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Spirit getting in. inward deliverance.
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Inward deliverance. so he said, "i eagerly expect
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So he said, "i eagerly expect and hope that i will
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And hope that i will in no way be ashamed."
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In no way be ashamed." that's internal.
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That's internal. "but will have
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"but will have sufficient courage."
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Sufficient courage." that's internal.
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That's internal. "so that now as always christ,
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"so that now as always christ, will be exalted in my body."
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Will be exalted in my body." that's internal.
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That's internal. external can't control it.
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External can't control it. internal.
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Internal. i will continue to rejoice.
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I will continue to rejoice. this is the distinction.
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This is the distinction. he said, "whether
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He said, "whether by life or by death."
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By life or by death." y'all alright if i teach bible?
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Y'all alright if i teach bible? because this whether
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Because this whether or construct means
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Or construct means i'm okay either way.
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I'm okay either way. and so he's not talking about
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And so he's not talking about i'm okay if i have to park
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I'm okay if i have to park at the front or the back
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At the front or the back [indiscernible].
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[indiscernible]. he's talking about i'm okay
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He's talking about i'm okay if i go to heaven
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If i go to heaven or if i stay here.
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Or if i stay here. i'm not there yet.
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I'm not there yet. i am not there yet.
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I am not there yet. i wanna stay around.
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I wanna stay around. but paul's like,
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But paul's like, i'm okay either way.
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I'm okay either way. now say it by faith.
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Now say it by faith. i'm okay either way.
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I'm okay either way. this is the spirit
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This is the spirit of paul's faith.
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Of paul's faith. it wasn't manipulation,
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It wasn't manipulation, it was acceptance.
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It was acceptance. it was embracing what god
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It was embracing what god is doing in this moment.
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Is doing in this moment. not escaping, embracing.
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Not escaping, embracing. thank you, jesus.
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Thank you, jesus. so i'm counting on courage.
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So i'm counting on courage. i'm not counting
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I'm not counting on circumstances.
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On circumstances. i'm counting on courage.
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I'm counting on courage. i'm counting on christ.
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I'm counting on christ. for to me --
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For to me -- and this is the only verses
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And this is the only verses that i really meant to read,
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That i really meant to read, but i got all caught up there
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But i got all caught up there in the other ones.
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In the other ones. for to me --
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For to me -- somebody say to me.
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Somebody say to me. "for to me, to live is christ,
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"for to me, to live is christ, and to die is gain.
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And to die is gain. if i'm to go on living,"
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If i'm to go on living," if they don't cut my head off,
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If they don't cut my head off, if they let me have
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If they let me have a few more years --
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A few more years -- i'm not sure.
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I'm not sure. but "if i am to go on living
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But "if i am to go on living in the body, this will mean
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In the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me."
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Fruitful labor for me." so you saw what does it matter,
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So you saw what does it matter, and now paul is showing
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And now paul is showing us what does it mean.
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Us what does it mean. w-d-i-m.
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W-d-i-m. what does it mean?
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What does it mean? he said, "if i am to go
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He said, "if i am to go on living, this will mean
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On living, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
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Fruitful labor for me. if i am to go on living,
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If i am to go on living, this will mean" --
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This will mean" -- and we'll focus there today,
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And we'll focus there today, but i gotta put this with it.
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But i gotta put this with it. he said, "yet what shall
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He said, "yet what shall i choose?
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I choose? i do not know!"
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I do not know!" now go to genesis 50.
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Genesis 50.
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Genesis 50. somebody say what
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Somebody say what does it matter?
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Does it matter? what does it mean?
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What does it mean? what shall i choose?
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What shall i choose? in genesis 50:19.
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In genesis 50:19. "but joseph said to them,
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"but joseph said to them, do not fear, for am i
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Do not fear, for am i in the place of god?
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In the place of god? as for you, you meant evil
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As for you, you meant evil against me, but god meant it" --
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Against me, but god meant it" -- you have permission to shout.
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You have permission to shout. you have permission to shout.
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You have permission to shout. i mean, you have permission
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I mean, you have permission to shout just as --
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To shout just as -- "joseph said, as for you,
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"joseph said, as for you, you meant evil against me.
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You meant evil against me. but god meant it for good.
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But god meant it for good. to bring it about" --
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To bring it about" -- yeah.
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Yeah. there it goes.
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There it goes. when you realize that purpose
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When you realize that purpose of god in every situation,
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Of god in every situation, it's very powerful.
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It's very powerful. he said, "you meant it for evil,
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He said, "you meant it for evil, but god meant it for good.
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But god meant it for good. to bring it about that many
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To bring it about that many people should be kept alive,
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People should be kept alive, as they are today.
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As they are today. so do not fear.
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So do not fear. i will provide for you
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I will provide for you and your little ones.
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And your little ones. thus he comforted them
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Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
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And spoke kindly to them. so joseph remained in egypt,
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So joseph remained in egypt, he and his father's house.
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He and his father's house. joseph lived 110 years."
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Joseph lived 110 years." that's too long, lord.
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That's too long, lord. i don't want all that.
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I don't want all that. how many agree?
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How many agree? that's too long, lord.
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That's too long, lord. put it in the chat.
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Put it in the chat. that's too long, lord.
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That's too long, lord. but look at this.
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But look at this. "and joseph saw
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"and joseph saw ephraim's children
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Ephraim's children of the third generation.
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Of the third generation. as for you, you meant
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As for you, you meant it for evil.
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It for evil. but joseph saw
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But joseph saw ephraim's children
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Ephraim's children of the third generation."
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Of the third generation." i don't know if this is a title,
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I don't know if this is a title, but this is what
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But this is what i want you to get today.
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I want you to get today. and i want you to say
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And i want you to say it out loud one more time.
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It out loud one more time. i'll stop making you
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I'll stop making you repeat stuff, i promise.
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Repeat stuff, i promise. but look at somebody next
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But look at somebody next to you, or just type
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To you, or just type it to nobody in particular,
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It to nobody in particular, and say what you do
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And say what you do is up to you.
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But what it means --
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But what it means -- you thought i was done.
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[laughter]
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I got you good.
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I got you good. start over.
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Start over. what you do is up to you.
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What you do is up to you. joseph looked at his brothers
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Joseph looked at his brothers and said you meant it for evil.
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And said you meant it for evil. what you do is up to you.
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What you do is up to you. but what it means is up to me.
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[applause]
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What it means is up to me.
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What it means is up to me. what does it mean?
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What does it mean? it's up to me.
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It's up to me. so like one of the hardest
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So like one of the hardest things about being a parent
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Things about being a parent is teaching your kids what
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Is teaching your kids what words mean because they honestly
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Words mean because they honestly think you're google when
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Think you're google when they're little.
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They're little. and then they think you're
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And then they think you're an idiot when they get bigger.
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An idiot when they get bigger. but i write these things
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But i write these things down 'cause levi lusko
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Down 'cause levi lusko taught me something cool.
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Taught me something cool. he said put everything that
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He said put everything that your kids say that's kinda
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Your kids say that's kinda cute down in your phone.
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Cute down in your phone. and then you can read
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And then you can read it to them later,
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It to them later, and they'll like it.
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And they'll like it. and so i've been doing that
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And so i've been doing that for a few years 'cause
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For a few years 'cause levi told me to.
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Levi told me to. he also told me to try sriracha
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He also told me to try sriracha and wear common projects.
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And wear common projects. he's just the ultimate salesman.
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He's just the ultimate salesman. but i was like, okay, levi.
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But i was like, okay, levi. i'll do it.
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I'll do it. but it's really cool.
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But it's really cool. i'm glad i did it.
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I'm glad i did it. and i found this note.
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And i found this note. because i was thinking about
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Because i was thinking about how kids ask the best questions,
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How kids ask the best questions, which i think is one
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Which i think is one of the reasons that god wants
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Of the reasons that god wants us to have faith like a child.
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Us to have faith like a child. not to be childish and immature,
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Not to be childish and immature, but to be child-like
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But to be child-like and to be curious about god.
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And to be curious about god. to be curious about what
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To be curious about what he can do in the world.
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He can do in the world. and so kids have no
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And so kids have no problem with that.
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Problem with that. so we were watching
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So we were watching this show, and one
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This show, and one of the characters said --
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Of the characters said -- and the only reason
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And the only reason i remember this, abbey was 4.
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I remember this, abbey was 4. she's almost 10 now.
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She's almost 10 now. the only reason i remember
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The only reason i remember it is 'cause of levi lusko.
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It is 'cause of levi lusko. and she said --
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And she said -- one of the characters said --
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One of the characters said -- "with this plan, we can't fail."
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"with this plan, we can't fail." and abbey goes,
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And abbey goes, "what does fail mean?"
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"what does fail mean?" so then i answered her,
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So then i answered her, "it means that
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"it means that you don't succeed."
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You don't succeed." well, then you know what
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Well, then you know what she asked next, right?
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She asked next, right? "what does succeed mean?"
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"what does succeed mean?" and answering that was really
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And answering that was really tough because i was like,
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Tough because i was like, "well, it means that you
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"well, it means that you do what you set out to do."
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Do what you set out to do." but then i was like,
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But then i was like, "well, not really.
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"well, not really. in god's kingdom,
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In god's kingdom, sometimes what you set out
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Sometimes what you set out to do was the wrong thing,
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To do was the wrong thing, and then you end up realizing
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And then you end up realizing that what you set out
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That what you set out to do wasn't the right thing,
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To do wasn't the right thing, and god was trying to, you know,
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And god was trying to, you know, kinda lead you into one place,
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Kinda lead you into one place, but you thought you were
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But you thought you were supposed to do this,
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Supposed to do this, and then it turned out you
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And then it turned out you were supposed to do that."
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Were supposed to do that." you know, i started having
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You know, i started having existential crisis watching
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Existential crisis watching "the simpsons" with my family.
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"the simpsons" with my family. i'm like --
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I'm like -- i shouldn't have
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I shouldn't have told you it was "the simpsons"
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Told you it was "the simpsons" since she was 4,
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Since she was 4, but y'all pray for me.
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[laughter]
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I'm sitting there going,
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I'm sitting there going, you know, like,
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You know, like, i'm not saying this out loud,
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I'm not saying this out loud, but i'm like,
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But i'm like, "that's so deep.
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"that's so deep. what does succeed mean?
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What does succeed mean? what does it profit a man
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What does it profit a man to gain the whole world
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To gain the whole world and lose his soul?"
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And lose his soul?" she's asking for a little
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She's asking for a little definition, you know.
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Definition, you know. i'm having this midlife crisis.
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I'm having this midlife crisis. but it did hit me that,
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But it did hit me that, you know, you really can't
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You know, you really can't answer the first question,
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Answer the first question, what is failure,
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What is failure, if you don't answer
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If you don't answer the second definition,
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The second definition, what is success?
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What is success? and really, you can make
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And really, you can make a word mean anything you
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A word mean anything you want it to mean.
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Want it to mean. you know, short-term
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You know, short-term success sometimes
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Success sometimes is the ultimate failure.
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Is the ultimate failure. have you ever seen
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Have you ever seen somebody that got in really
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Somebody that got in really good physical shape,
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Good physical shape, but they did it the wrong way?
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But they did it the wrong way? and then it ended up just
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And then it ended up just creating this cycle to where
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Creating this cycle to where they just keep losing weight,
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They just keep losing weight, and then taking weight off,
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And then taking weight off, and it's like,
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And it's like, well, man, if you do a good
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Well, man, if you do a good thing the wrong way,
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Thing the wrong way, that becomes it's own problem.
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That becomes it's own problem. so you can have a short-term
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So you can have a short-term success and a long-term failure.
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Success and a long-term failure. you can have a short-term
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You can have a short-term failure and a long-term
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Failure and a long-term success, right?
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Success, right? and many of you have experienced
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And many of you have experienced that in your life.
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That in your life. how many y'all had a breakup
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How many y'all had a breakup that was a blessing?
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That was a blessing? let me ask it like this.
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Let me ask it like this. how many of y'all would
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How many of y'all would be living with somebody who
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Be living with somebody who would make you wanna move
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Would make you wanna move out if god would have
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Out if god would have answered your prayers,
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Answered your prayers, like garth brooks said,
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Like garth brooks said, some of god's greatest gifts --
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Some of god's greatest gifts -- i saw garth on the billboard
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I saw garth on the billboard awards last night.
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Awards last night. did you see him?
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Did you see him? and he started making me
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And he started making me feel like a failure.
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Feel like a failure. because sometimes i feel
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Because sometimes i feel successful when i'm like
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Successful when i'm like comparing myself.
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Comparing myself. 'cause this is all
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'cause this is all relative, you know?
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Relative, you know? i'm comparing myself.
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I'm comparing myself. i'm like, you know,
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I'm like, you know, we wrote these songs
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We wrote these songs that are big songs.
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That are big songs. and then garth brooks
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And then garth brooks is chasing whiskey and,
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Is chasing whiskey and, you know, drowning
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You know, drowning diamond albums.
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Diamond albums. i got a platinum
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I got a platinum album last year.
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Album last year. i gave it to my mom.
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I gave it to my mom. put it up on her wall.
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Put it up on her wall. platinum album.
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Platinum album. garth has, they said
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Garth has, they said on the thing, i think
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On the thing, i think he had 10 diamond albums.
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He had 10 diamond albums. now i got my little
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Now i got my little pitiful platinum album.
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Pitiful platinum album. let me take this down.
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Let me take this down. garth's got a diamond album.
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Garth's got a diamond album. "unanswered prayers."
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"unanswered prayers." lord, what's my life even worth,
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Lord, what's my life even worth, you know, and all a that?
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You know, and all a that? i was listening to one thing
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I was listening to one thing the other day where the guy
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The other day where the guy was talking about,
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Was talking about, he won a grammy,
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He won a grammy, and then he wanted to win
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And then he wanted to win a oscar so he started
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A oscar so he started being in movies.
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Being in movies. then he started wanting
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Then he started wanting to win a emmy,
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To win a emmy, so he did a tv show.
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So he did a tv show. and he said the only thing left
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And he said the only thing left for him to achieve that was
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For him to achieve that was driving him crazy was to win
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Driving him crazy was to win a tony for a broadway play.
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A tony for a broadway play. so he said, that's called
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So he said, that's called a "egot."
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A "egot." when you get a emmy --
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When you get a emmy -- not many people do it.
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Not many people do it. i don't know how many
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I don't know how many 'cause i'm not in it for
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'cause i'm not in it for these worldly pleasures.
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[laughter]
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But he said a emmy,
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But he said a emmy, a grammy, and an oscar.
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A grammy, and an oscar. but then he said,
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But then he said, but i don't have a tony.
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But i don't have a tony. he said right now
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He said right now it's just "ego."
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Now how many things that
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Now how many things that the world calls success --
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The world calls success -- how many things that the devil
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How many things that the devil uses to get you to think --
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Uses to get you to think -- remember last week?
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Remember last week? that my life doesn't matter
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That my life doesn't matter is just ego.
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Is just ego. he said i gotta get a "egot."
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He said i gotta get a "egot." and then i started thinking
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And then i started thinking about what i got.
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About what i got. somebody say i got.
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Somebody say i got. oh, put it in all caps
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Oh, put it in all caps in the world-wide efam chat.
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In the world-wide efam chat. somebody say i got...
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Somebody say i got... >> congregation: i got...
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>> congregation: i got... >> mercy...
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>> mercy... >> congregation: mercy...
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>> congregation: mercy... >> i got...
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>> i got... >> congregation: i got...
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>> congregation: i got... >> grace...
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>> grace... >> congregation: grace...
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>> congregation: grace... >> i got...
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>> i got... >> congregation: i got...
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>> congregation: i got... >> love, joy, peace,
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>> love, joy, peace, gracious kindness, goodness,
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Gracious kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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And self-control. i got the fruit of the spirit.
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[applause]
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Yeah.
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Yeah. i got it.
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I got it. i got it.
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I got it. i didn't earn it, but i got it.
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I didn't earn it, but i got it. okay.
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Okay. so paul is like,
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So paul is like, i don't get --
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I don't get -- woo!
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Woo! i got it.
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I got it. loyalty, and royalty,
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Loyalty, and royalty, and all a that.
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And all a that. but paul said i got
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But paul said i got it inside of me.
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It inside of me. i got courage to make it.
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I got courage to make it. no matter the outcome,
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No matter the outcome, i got it.
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I got it. i got it.
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I got it. pressing toward the mark
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Pressing toward the mark to take hold of the prize
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To take hold of the prize for which christ jesus has
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For which christ jesus has already taken hold of me.
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Already taken hold of me. i already got it.
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I already got it. and the guy was talking about
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And the guy was talking about all those grammys and tonys.
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All those grammys and tonys. and he said, i don't know why
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And he said, i don't know why i think the next one is gonna
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I think the next one is gonna make me feel any better.
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Make me feel any better. it didn't do what i thought
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It didn't do what i thought it was gonna do.
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It was gonna do. have you ever had that before?
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Have you ever had that before? i know.
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I know. i mean, i haven't won a grammy
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I mean, i haven't won a grammy or anything like that either.
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Or anything like that either. but have you ever got it?
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But have you ever got it? have you ever got it?
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Have you ever got it? and when you get it
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And when you get it and it's empty,
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And it's empty, it's a really weird feeling.
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It's a really weird feeling. it's almost worse
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It's almost worse than never getting it.
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Than never getting it. but paul is showing
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But paul is showing us something here.
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Us something here. and remember, coming back
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And remember, coming back to this theme,
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To this theme, are you in control?
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Are you in control? you are in control of what
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You are in control of what success means to you.
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Success means to you. and if you align that with
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And if you align that with a worldly definition of success,
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A worldly definition of success, you can expect, at some point,
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You can expect, at some point, an emptiness that comes
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An emptiness that comes when we try to give our own
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When we try to give our own definitions to god's concepts.
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Definitions to god's concepts. i found out you can really
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I found out you can really make anything mean anything
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Make anything mean anything you want it to mean.
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You want it to mean. even in the bible.
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Even in the bible. it's like if we were
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It's like if we were talking to paul,
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Talking to paul, and we were talking about
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And we were talking about what is failure
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What is failure and what is success, it would
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And what is success, it would be a very confusing class.
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Be a very confusing class. because right here,
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Because right here, he's saying in philippians 1,
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He's saying in philippians 1, what's happening right now,
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What's happening right now, the gospel is succeeding
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The gospel is succeeding even though i'm in prison.
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Even though i'm in prison. and he uses the word --
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And he uses the word -- i don't know
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I don't know if you noticed it --
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If you noticed it -- he said fruitful.
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He said fruitful. this means more fruitful labor.
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This means more fruitful labor. so he says it's working in me.
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So he says it's working in me. it's working in me,
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It's working in me, even though the work that
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Even though the work that he could do was limited.
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He could do was limited. and sometimes i say things like
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And sometimes i say things like this, and i don't break it down.
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This, and i don't break it down. because i know you're not
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Because i know you're not in prison physically.
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In prison physically. you're watching this.
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You're watching this. i know that you're
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I know that you're not necessarily, you know,
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Not necessarily, you know, a preacher or apostle
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A preacher or apostle of the gospel like paul was.
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Of the gospel like paul was. i understand that.
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I understand that. i know you're not sitting
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I know you're not sitting there thinking maybe
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There thinking maybe about oscars, or tonys,
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About oscars, or tonys, or anything like this.
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Or anything like this. but i think the dynamic
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But i think the dynamic applies to everybody
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Applies to everybody listening to me,
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Listening to me, and i wanna know if i'm right.
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And i wanna know if i'm right. it's like how solomon said,
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It's like how solomon said, meaningless.
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Meaningless. meaningless.
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Meaningless. everything is meaningless.
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Everything is meaningless. everything is meaningless
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Everything is meaningless until you give it a meaning.
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Until you give it a meaning. and so where we get it backwards
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And so where we get it backwards is we're searching for meaning
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Is we're searching for meaning in stuff, but everything
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In stuff, but everything is meaningless until
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Is meaningless until you give it meaning.
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You give it meaning. and i wanna talk about
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And i wanna talk about that a little bit.
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That a little bit. she said what's failure?
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She said what's failure? and then i had to think
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And then i had to think about well, what's success?
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About well, what's success? and then i didn't really
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And then i didn't really know how to answer her.
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Know how to answer her. now, of course, certain things
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Now, of course, certain things change meaning over time.
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Change meaning over time. and since we're talking
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And since we're talking about what does it mean today,
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About what does it mean today, you know, we can all agree
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You know, we can all agree that from generation
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That from generation to generation --
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To generation -- it's funny because when you're
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It's funny because when you're first raising your kids,
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First raising your kids, you have to tell them
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You have to tell them what words mean,
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What words mean, and then when they turn
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And then when they turn to teenagers, they have
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To teenagers, they have to tell you what
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To tell you what words mean, right?
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Words mean, right? how many got teenagers,
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How many got teenagers, or you used to have 'em,
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Or you used to have 'em, or something like that?
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Or something like that? well, they sometimes saved
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Well, they sometimes saved you a lotta trouble.
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You a lotta trouble. elijah is my sermon --
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Elijah is my sermon -- really, my sermon collaborator.
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Really, my sermon collaborator. i don't want him to, you know,
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I don't want him to, you know, really hear this 'cause he'll
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Really hear this 'cause he'll start wanting a royalty
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Start wanting a royalty or something like that.
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Or something like that. but he helps me
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But he helps me on multiple levels.
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On multiple levels. and one thing that he'll
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And one thing that he'll do sometimes is he'll say,
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Do sometimes is he'll say, "dad, don't say that."
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"dad, don't say that." one time i was telling him
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One time i was telling him what i was gonna preach,
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What i was gonna preach, and i just was going
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And i just was going on and on about how we don't
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On and on about how we don't need to waste our life,
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Need to waste our life, and we need to make
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And we need to make the most of our time.
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The most of our time. and i said "some of y'all just,
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And i said "some of y'all just, you wanna netflix and chill."
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You wanna netflix and chill." and he said,
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And he said, "no, whoa, whoa, dad."
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"no, whoa, whoa, dad." this was a couple years ago.
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This was a couple years ago. i just heard somebody say it.
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I just heard somebody say it. netflix and chill.
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Netflix and chill. i thought it meant be lazy,
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I thought it meant be lazy, sit around.
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Sit around. he said, "whoa, whoa, whoa,
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He said, "whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dad."
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[laughter]
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"that doesn't mean
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"that doesn't mean what you think it means."
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What you think it means." and i was thankful.
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And i was thankful. and i wonder how any times god
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And i wonder how any times god sits up there
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Sits up there looking at our lives,
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Looking at our lives, wishing we could hear
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Wishing we could hear him say that doesn't
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Him say that doesn't mean what you think it means.
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Mean what you think it means. even if you just go through
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Even if you just go through this one letter that paul
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This one letter that paul wrote to the philippian church,
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Wrote to the philippian church, which holly organized
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Which holly organized a beautiful bible study,
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A beautiful bible study, and i hope many
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And i hope many of our egroups --
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Of our egroups -- i heard there's tens
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I heard there's tens of thousands of people
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Of thousands of people enjoying it.
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[applause]
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But if you'll just notice
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But if you'll just notice some of the things he says
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Some of the things he says to the philippian church.
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To the philippian church. see, this church meant
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See, this church meant a lot to him because he founded
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A lot to him because he founded it in the midst of persecution.
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It in the midst of persecution. and anything that you birth
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And anything that you birth in the midst of great pain
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In the midst of great pain means more to you.
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Means more to you. he called them partners
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He called them partners in the gospel,
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In the gospel, and he loved them like that.
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And he loved them like that. he loved them like that.
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He loved them like that. so when he told them that
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So when he told them that every knee will bow
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Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that
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And every tongue confess that jesus christ is lord --
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Jesus christ is lord -- i just wonder when we say
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I just wonder when we say jesus is lord if paul
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Jesus is lord if paul hears us kinda quoting
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Hears us kinda quoting that in a cultural way.
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That in a cultural way. eight pounds, six ounces.
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Eight pounds, six ounces. jesus, what was he?
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Jesus, what was he? eight pounds and six ounces?
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Eight pounds and six ounces? and he's like when i say
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And he's like when i say jesus christ is lord --
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Jesus christ is lord -- see, that was a costly
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See, that was a costly confession when paul wrote
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Confession when paul wrote it 'cause it was saying
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It 'cause it was saying caesar isn't lord.
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Caesar isn't lord. so he was rejecting the empire
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So he was rejecting the empire to embrace the kingdom.
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To embrace the kingdom. when we say jesus is lord,
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When we say jesus is lord, for a lot of us that means
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For a lot of us that means i grew up baptist.
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I grew up baptist. but for paul, lord was his
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But for paul, lord was his favorite thing to call jesus.
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Favorite thing to call jesus. "kyrios."
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"kyrios." he loved that title: lord.
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He loved that title: lord. it meant to him,
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It meant to him, i do what he says.
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I do what he says. and for a lot of us,
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And for a lot of us, when we call on the lord,
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When we call on the lord, it's to get him
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It's to get him to do what we say.
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To do what we say. and that's why when paul
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And that's why when paul says whether i live or die,
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Says whether i live or die, that's up to god.
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That's up to god. he's lord.
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He's lord. that's not what it means.
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That's not what it means. it doesn't mean what you
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It doesn't mean what you think it means.
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Think it means. jesus is lord.
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Jesus is lord. that means that i trust him with
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That means that i trust him with what i can't control.
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>> have you ever felt like
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>> have you ever felt like your life is spinning
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Your life is spinning out of control
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Out of control and you can't do
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And you can't do anything to stop it?
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Anything to stop it? i know that i have.
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I know that i have. it's a feeling that can cause
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It's a feeling that can cause you to question everything,
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You to question everything, including god's plan
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Including god's plan for your life.
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For your life. but you have so much more
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But you have so much more control than you think.
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Control than you think. now, not necessarily over
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Now, not necessarily over the circumstances of your life,
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The circumstances of your life, but something far more
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But something far more important, your mind.
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Important, your mind. and we're gonna get into
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This in our series,
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This in our series, “taking control of your mind.”
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“taking control of your mind.” in these sermons,
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In these sermons, pastor steven will help you
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Pastor steven will help you breakdown how your thoughts
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Breakdown how your thoughts can shape your reality.
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Can shape your reality. and these series includes
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And these series includes practical tools that can
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Practical tools that can help you focus when your mind
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Help you focus when your mind spins pour of control.
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So, if you're tired of feeling
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Like you're at the mercy of
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Whatever your day throws at you,
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And you're ready
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To take back control,
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This series is for you.
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I want you to call
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I want you to call or go online right now
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Or go online right now and request your copy of,
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And request your copy of, “taking control of your mind.”
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“taking control of your mind.” it's available for your
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It's available for your gift of any amount.
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Gift of any amount. don't just keep letting
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Don't just keep letting your mind run wild,
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Your mind run wild, take back control.
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Take back control. call or go online right now.
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>> every thought that i have
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Started with a question.
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This is the worse question,
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"what's wrong with me?"
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That is a bad question.
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That is a bad question. the better question is,
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“god, what am i put here for?”
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You believe that who
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I am is what i do,
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And what i do is who i am.
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Since i believe deep down that
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I'm really just something
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That god wants to use.
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And usually when you
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Use something,
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That means it's a product
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And i lose sight
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Of the fact that before
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I was someone he wanted to use,
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I was someone that he loved.
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It is easy for me to jump
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It is easy for me to jump to the conclusion that
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To the conclusion that if i do not measure up
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If i do not measure up to the expectation
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To the expectation of performance,
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Of performance, i do not have worth
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I do not have worth as a person.
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As a person. the conclusion that you
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The conclusion that you come to is based on
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Come to is based on the belief that you start with.
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>> it's natural
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To feel frustrated when
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It seems like life
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Is out of your control.
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In this new series from
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Pastor steven furtick,
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You'll learn how to reframe
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The way you think and turn
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Frustration into faith.
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Call or go online today
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To request your copy of,
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“taking control of your mind,”
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And learn how to come
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To the right conclusions
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About what god is doing
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In your life.
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>> if you love watching sermons
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From pastor steven furtick,
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From pastor steven furtick, there's more for you.
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There's more for you. you can join us sundays,
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You can join us sundays, live online,
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Live online, where you can watch the sermon
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Where you can watch the sermon and also worship with us
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And also worship with us and find a community
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And find a community of believers.
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Of believers. go to
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Go to stevenfurtick.com/live
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>> ♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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>> ♪ all the praise is his ♪
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♪ let's go ♪
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♪ his foes will be silenced ♪
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♪ he's fighting for zion ♪
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♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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♪ there's no other god ♪
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♪ like jehovah ♪
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Steven Furtick - What It Means Is Up To Me (Part 1)

April 28, 2025 | 27:29

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